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Avicenna
| Born: c. in Afshana near Bukhara (capital of the Samanid Empire), in present-day Uzbekistan |
| Died: June (at age ) in Hamadan, Persia |
| Nationality: Persian |
| Fields: Medicine, philosophy, logic, Islamic theology, physics, poetry, science |
| Famous For: writing nearly treatises on many subjects |
Avicenna, also known as Ibn-Sina, was not only a philosopher, but also a physician, astronomer, and poet.
His most famous work was his Canon of Medicine, which was used as a medical text for over years. In this work, he described lockjaw, pleurisy, oral anesthetics, animal experimentation and malaria therapy.
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He also wrote more than 60 books on theology and philosophy.
Early Life and Education
Avicenna was born near Bokhara, a city in central Asia that is now part of Uzbekistan and was then part of the Persian-Samanid Empire.
The Samanids enthusiastically supported the arts and sciences in the areas where they ruled. Avicenna&#;s father was well-placed in t